I think I had a fissure for six months before I actually started paying attention to it. I guess I just didn't want to acknowledge it. When I finally managed to take a look it looked terrible and I think I even had a couple skin tags developing. Luckily I stumbled on this website and followed everyone's advice to take miralax and use aloe. I've noticed improvements very quickly and I think I'm nearly all better! You saved me a very embarrassing trip to the doctor.
Thank you all so much!